What is known: Judge has declared Google search an illegal monopoly. What is unknown: How the judge plans to fix it. My proposal: We need to break up Google’s monopoly on search data to promote competition. My latest for New York Times Opinion (gift link):
Opinion | Breaking Up Google Isn’t Nearly Enough (Published 2024)
To end Google’s monopoly on search, the company should be required to disgorge its data on what we’re searching for.
Is AI capable yet of replacing software developers? We asked a software developer to help us investigate that question. Carl Brown, host of the popular Internet of Bugs YouTube channel, used our AI testing software and concluded that his job is safe -- for now.
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Is AI Going to Replace Software Engineers?
Probably not anytime soon, says software developer Carl Brown.
Honored to be the first guest on @npub1s5tz...n8dv's podcast Machines Like Us talking about AI and how journalists can cover it better:
The Globe and Mail
Why journalism made a devil’s bargain with big tech
Simply put, Google and Meta have built a better advertising machine, and they’ve crippled journalism’s business model in the process